Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

60 reviews

gracehannahh's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

hannahp95's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Alcohol

sebradley29's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, and Medical content

Moderate: Car accident and Infertility

zsofi_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Grief

sarahflanders's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Sexual content, Abandonment, Grief, Infertility, and Kidnapping

literally_mint's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility

readwmichelle's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, and Infertility

eule's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Read this book if you want to laugh out loud, chuckle, grin, jump up and down because you are so happy, role your eyes at some miserable character decision, be annoyed how cute and adorable the main characters behave together and experience some spice.

What tropes to expect (the perfect mix):

• grumpy (he is actually a softy inside, what a surprise)/sunshine
• found family (a lot!)
• small town romance
• fake dating (kinda?)
• kinda millionaire vibes??
• overprotective dad (love the family father, softy vibe) and alpha male
• steam and spice

What I loved: 

• the relationship between Waylay and Naomi and OF COURSE between Waylay and Knox (but seriously, who names her kid Waylay)
• the alpha male vibes (aka relationship and sex life between the two love birds)
• the nicknaming and little things Knox did to her (coffee, phone with daisies, cottage, …)
• his demand for the upcoming special day, adore the two
• the message to overcome your fear of loosing someone and just fucking love them

What I kinda disliked:

• the fake dating was unnecessary
• the length (some repetitions)

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• the breakup was unnecessary 
• to much happy couples in the prologue? Like everyone got the perfect match… 
• the drama in the end (even though that was necessary to enlighten Knox. hehe.)
• a little toxic masculinity, referring to him saying: „I’m a man, men don’t cry“ and „I don’t like when others cry“ (even though we are here for some of that and it resolved in the end)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Infertility

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of my favourite series ever. I love a grumpy x sunshine and a found family. This was my first Lucy Score, book; it made me fall in love with her writing and these characters. I immediately fell in love with both of the mcs, I loved the introduction to the world, it was entertaining and drama-filled from page 1. I not only fell in love with the mcs but also all the side characters, I could see the setup for future books but I also loved the depth other characters brought, which added depth to the mcs. It was a perfect slow burn that's full of tension, humour, and love. What was perfect was that you got the slow burn in the first half and the spice in the second half; the story had a crime side plot that was well-developed enough to make it a massive part of the story, linked to multiple side characters, and really dragged you in. I also loved the fact that they had real conversations and even though it was a happy ending, the conversations and self-healing to get there were healthy (in the end) and realistic. 6/5 stars! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment, Blood, Car accident, Infidelity, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infertility, Alcoholism, and Sexism